NEW ADVENTURE COMICS #25 * Only One Recorded Sale

Heading: Only One Recorded Sale
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Title: NEW ADVENTURE COMICS No. 25
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: A.I. Menin, rec. Nicholson Publishing Co. Inc.]
Date Published: March-April, 1938
Description: CGC certified: Good+ (2.5). Grader's notes: "Detached centerfold; heavy staining to cover; moderate staple rust." Cream to off-white. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: Only one reported sale in any grade: a 3.5 (Billy Wright pedigree) sold for $1434 in 2012.

CGC Census: 12 graded copies (8 Universal, 1 Qualified, 3 Restored). Gerber's Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: 7 ("Scarce: 21-50 copies").

Credits: Cover: Creig Flessel. Scripts: Homer Fleming, Tom Hickey, Jerry Siegel, Bill Ely, Vin Sullivan, Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Russell Cole, Sven Elven, Creig Flessel, Ellis Edwards, Merna Gamble, Charles Dickens, J. Muselli, Gill Fox, Vern Henkel, Leo O'Mealia, Stan Asch. Art: Homer Fleming, Tom Hickey, Joe Shuster, Bill Ely, Vin Sullivan, Munson Paddock, Russell Cole, Sven Elven, Creig Flessel, Ellis Edwards, Merna Gamble, Bill Patrick, Gill Fox, Vern Henkel, Leo O'Mealia, Stan Asch.Trade Dress for Success: "By 1938, Adventure Comics' cover images consistently reflected its eponymous theme. Gone was the occasional note of whimsy, as would be the banner containing the word 'New' within a year. Letterer Ira Schnapp had long ago redesigned the 'Comics' in More Fun Comics' logo in the same distinctive type style used here and on Detective Comics. It would recur on DC's first new title, Action Comics. The first visually identifiable comic book branding had been born." Paul Levitz, 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking. Taschen: 2010, p. 35.****************************************
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